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Sage offers new funding for bright ideas from African non-profits

November 1, 2017/Sage Sage, the market and technology leader for cloud accounting, people & payroll, and payment systems, has today launched the second round of funding from Sage Foundation’s Enterprise Fund (http://apo.af/fdVrNs). The fund supports the creation of either new or piloted entrepreneurial programmes to help improve the lives of […]

President Buhari commends Nigeria’s progress in World Bank’s doing business ranking

November 1, 2017/Press Release President Muhammadu Buhari welcomes most heartily the phenomenal improvement of Nigeria on the World Bank’s Doing Business latest rankings released Tuesday. Besides moving up 24 places in the rankings, Nigeria is also reported by the World Bank to be among the Top Ten Reformers globally. The […]

Doing Business Records Nearly 3,200 Reforms in 15 Years to Improve Business Climate Worldwide

October 31, 2017/World Bank Governments in 119 economies carried out 264 business reforms in the past year to create jobs, attract investment and become more competitive, says the World Bank Group’s latest Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs report. Marking its 15th anniversary, the report notes that 3,188 business […]